The Passion Narratives of Saints Perpetua, Felicity, and Their Fellow Martyrs -

The Passion Narratives of Saints Perpetua, Felicity, and Their Fellow Martyrs

Buch | Hardcover
224 Seiten
2024
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-5794-5 (ISBN)
105,95 inkl. MwSt
This book presents a critical text of three hagiographical masterpieces of late antiquity. Each chapter is written to teach the text for students or readers who wish to learn about Perpetua and Felicity, early Christianity, or the Roman empire and its relationship with the emergent Christian religion.
The Passion Narratives of Saints Perpetua, Felicity, and Their Fellow Martyrs presents a critical translation of three hagiographical masterpieces of late antiquity and a series of accompanying essays. The translation by Francis J. Hunter includes the two Acta Brevia narratives as companion texts and supplements to the Passio Sanctarum proper. The interdisciplinary essays feature input from scholars in the fields of literature, theology, psychology, and classics, who each illustrate the dynamic and rich nature of the text. Each chapter of the book is written to teach, rather than critique, the text for students or readers who wish to learn about Perpetua and Felicity, early Christianity, or the Roman empire and its relationship with the emergent Christian religion.

Nancy Enright is professor of English and Director of University Core at Seton Hall University. Francis J. Hunter is a Latin and Classics teacher for the Middle and Upper schools of the Academy of the Holy Angels.

Introduction: Why Perpetua, Francis J. Hunter

Part I

Chapter 1: Translations: “The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity”, “The Acts of Saints Perpetua and Felicity I”, and “The Acts of Saints Perpetua and Felicity II”, Translated by Francis J Hunter

Part II

Chapter 2: Perpetua and the Identity of Women in the Early Church, Nancy Enright

Chapter 3: Function and Focus: The Perspectives and Purposes of the Acta Brevia, Francis J Hunter

Chapter 4: The Witness of Perpetua and Felicity: Fundamental Theological Perspectives, Joseph R. Laracy

Chapter 5: The Medieval ‘Turn’ in the Narrative of Sts. Perpetua and Felicitas: The Rhetoric of Spirituality in the Reframing of Martyrdom, June-Ann Greeley

Chapter 6: Civil Disobedience and the Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas, Todd J. Stockdale

Chapter 7: The Africanity of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Ebere Bosco Amakwe

Chapter 8: The Roman Political Reality of Christian Persecution in the Second Century, Michael J.S. Bruno

Chapter 9: Perpetua’s Heroic Resiliency: A Psychological Analysis of the Source and Function of Perpetua’s Visions, Samantha Mattheiss

About the Contributors

Erscheinungsdatum
Co-Autor Ebere Bosco Amakwe, Michael J.S. Bruno, Nancy Enright
Sprache englisch
Maße 159 x 235 mm
Gewicht 494 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Religionsgeschichte
Religion / Theologie Christentum Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10 1-6669-5794-1 / 1666957941
ISBN-13 978-1-6669-5794-5 / 9781666957945
Zustand Neuware
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